I've neglected my blog of late, for which I cry your pardon dear blog reader. My absence must be blamed purely on the majesty and wonder of Tyria - a fantastic, dangerous and exciting place that has captured my imagination. Not against its will, you understand, for that would be absurd. I wanted to explore …
Tag: virtual worlds
RIFT: A New Adventure
If you need a break from reality and TV, movies, music or books aren't doing it for you, I suggest you take a trip to Telara and enter the world of Rift. This game is amazing. It is visually stunning, highly polished and brimming with more fantasy stuff than you can shake a magic wand …
WoWcraft: Druid Powa!
World of Warcraft apathy had overcome me back in January. After a couple of years immersed in the vibrant virtual world I'd taken a short break and tried to go Horde, but it just didn't feel right. I gave up. Tried AION which was nice but lacked something. So I played PS3 instead, high quality …
Whatever happened to VR?
Sometime during the 90's (or thereabouts) there was a lot of discussion about Virtual Reality (VR). It was heralded as the next big thing for games, science, communication, space exploration, engineering, medicine, and so on. The uses were limitless, so we were told. I watched Tomorrows World on BBC1. The presenter wedged his nut inside a VR …
WoWcraft: Can You Ever Go Back?
I'm four bars from dinging 70. I should be happy, right Or at least vaguely satisfied. It's a milestone to be proud of surely? And then only 10 left to the big eight-oh. I've got a few other level 80 toons so it's nothing new. And what should make it more of a celebration is the fact that this …
Dave Farmer 